The probate or the district court may decline application for informal probate of a will for any reason. A declination of informal probate is not an adjudication and does not preclude formal probate proceedings. History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-305, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-305; 1978, ch. 159, § 7. ANNOTATIONSOfficial comments. — See Commissioners on Uniform State Law official comment to 3-305 UPC. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Wills § 841. Person entitled to appeal from decree admitting will to probate or denying probate, 88 A.L.R. 1158. Power and duty of probate court to set aside decree admitting forged instrument to probate as a will, 115 A.L.R. 473. 95 C.J.S. Wills § 497.
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